The concept of resilience is reviewed from a range of disciplinary perspectives in this paper.
Both broad and narrow definitions of resilience are highlighted and a working definition of …

With a policy shift towards personalisation of adult social care in England, much attention
has focused on individualised support for older people with care needs. This article reports …

Evaluation of the Individual Budgets Pilot Programme Page 1 Evaluation of the Individual
Budgets Pilot Programme Caroline Glendinning, David Challis, José-Luis Fernández, Sally …

Measuring and assessing service quality in the social care sector presents distinct
challenges. The 'experience'good properties of social care, for instance, and the large …

In England,'personal budgets' are being implemented at a time of financial austerity. They
are part of a growing trend internationally to give users of publicly funded social care and …

BackgroundPrevious studies have shown a positive relationship between disease severity
and cost. AimsTo explore the factors affecting time to institutionalisation and estimate the …

Identity is a core construct in psychology because it refers to how a person addresses issues
dealing with who that person is. Important theorists studying the concept of identity, like …

Background. People with dementia encounter problems in eating and these have been
reported in various studies. Many of these studies focus on individual difficulties and neglect …

Objective To assess whether the START (STrAtegies for RelatTives) intervention added to
treatment as usual is cost effective compared with usual treatment alone. Design Cost …

Background There is a major need for longitudinal research examining the experiences of
people with dementia and their primary carers, as relatively little is known about how the …